THK 


SmLD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


BY 


CAMPBELL   AND   DUNN 


APPHOVKD   BV    THK    EI)UCAT10NA.L    ASSOCIATION    OV   VIRCUNIA 
THROUGH    THKIU   COMMiTTrrn!. 


IIIGIIMOND: 
1864. 


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THE 


CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


BY  * 

CAMPBJELL   AND   DUNN. 

ArPBOVZD    BY    THl    EDUCATIOKAL    ASSOCIATION    OF   VIRGINIA 
THROUGH    THEIR    COMMITTEK. 


RICHMO^^D: 
'1S64. 


Entered  according  to  the  Act  of  Congress  of  the  Confederate 
States  in  the  y^ar  1864,  by  Campbell  &  Dunn. 


r  R  E  F  /vTe 


Tn  preparing  this  little  work  for  childreDj  tlie  writers  have 
aimed  to  give  i-t  four  cliarncterisHc  features : 

First.  To  have  a  proper  combiuation  of  spelling  aud  read- 
ing lessons,  the  former  being  auxiliary  to  the  latter.  The 
lessons  are  so  arranged,  that  no  word  is  used  in  reading  until 
it  has  occurred  in  the  previous  spelling  lessons.  This  rule, 
however,  is  not  strictly  observed  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
book. 

Secondly.  To  make  the  beginner  familiar  with  one  step 
before  taking  another;  so  that,  in  the  child's  own  language, 
the  book  may  not  "  become  hard  too  fast." 

Thirdly.  To  contain  connected  narratives  "that  will  interest 
the  young  reader,  instead  of  disconnected  sentences. 

'  Fourthly.  To  present  to  the  impressible  mind  of  the  child 
sound  instruction  in  morality  and  true  religion. 

Whether  these  aims  have  been  attained  is  submitted  to  the 
judgment  of  the  teachers  and  parents  who  may  use  oUr  little 
volume. 

We  have,  in  some  instances,  availed  ourselves  of  the  labors 
of  others  who  have  published  books  for  children. 


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ROMAN  CAPITAL  LETTERS. 

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THE'CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK.  7 

ITALIC  CAPITAL  LETTERS. 

A     B     C    D     E    F     G     H 

I    J    K    L     M    N    0 

P     Q     R     S     T     U 

V    W    X    Y    Z 


ITALIC  SMALL  LETTER?. 

abed     e    f     g     li     i    j 
h    I    m     n     0    p     q     r     s 

t     u     V     w     x_    y     z 

M    I    D     N     Y     0      U    R 

B     A     K    P     F    L     Q 

T     J     V    H    W     G 

S     E     C    X    Z 


m     i-    d    n     y     o     u    r     h     a 

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w     g     s     e     G     X     z 

VOWELS. 

AEIOU  Y  — aeiouy 

M  (E  2d  oeT^  ff  ffi-ffl  & 
12  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 

A  AXE.  B  BAT. 

a  axe.  b  bat. 

C  CAT.  D  DOG. 

c  cat.  d  dog. 

E  EGG.  F  FOX. 

e  egg.  f  fox. 

G  GTJN.  H  HAT. 

g  gun.  h  hat. 

I  INK.  J  JUG. 

i  ink.  j  jug. 

K  KITE.  L  LI-ON. 

k  kite.  I  li-on. 

M  MUG.  N  NAG. 

m  mug.  n  nag. 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


0     OX. 

o      ox. 

Q     QUEEN, 
q      queen. 

S     SUN. 
s      sun.  - 

U     URN. 
u     urn. 

W    WING. 

w     wing, 

Y     YOKE. 

y    yoke. 


p  pia. 

P  pig- 

R  RAT. 

r  rat.   • 

T  TOP. 

t  top. 

V  VICE. 

V  vice. 

X  EX. 

X      ex. 

Z     ZE-BRA, 

z      ze-bra. 


4t  •  • 

10  THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 

ba  be.  bi  bo  hu  bj 

ca  ce  ci  co  cu  cy 

da  de  cli  do  dii  dy 

fa"  fo  fi  fo  fn  fy 


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THK  CHILD'S  FIT.ST  BOOK. 


IlEADTNa  IX  TWO  LETTERS. 


-  ^^;~_  -t--_:c_rt>::;.r^j="' 


I  am  ill. 
TVc  go  in. 


ITe  is  in. 
Do  go  in. 


r:.r:siCi";i,-. 


He  is  by  mec' 

No,  I  am  on  it. 


Am  I  bj^  it/^ 
He  is  bj  it. 


Go  in  if  I  go.  H(,  is  ij^^  as  I  am, 

My  ma  is  in.  So  is  my  pa. 

If  iie  is  in,  so  am  I. 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST ^OOK. 


Am  I  Up  ? 

Ko,  we  go  up. 

It  is  on  me. 

If  I  go  up,  go  up  to  me. 

I  am  up  :  so  am  I. 


13 


*Is  he  up?    ■ 
Do  go  up  as  I  do. 

ISTo,  go  on  up. 

ISTo,  go  on  by  me. 

It  is  as  if  an  ox  is  on  it. 


It  is  an  ox.  Is  it  an  ox  ? 

Ko,  it  is  pa. 

If  it  is  pa,  he  is  on  an  ox.  So  he  is. 

If  he  be  by  an  ox,  is  lie  on  it? 
No,  he  is  at  it.  Is  pa  on  an  ox  ? 

No,  ma  is  on  it;  pa  is  by  it,       Lo,  it  is^  so. 

He  is  to  go  an  it,  if  I  do. 

I  am  to  go  on  it, 

If  I  go  on  it,  is  it. my  ox  ? 

It  is  ray  ox,  or  it  is  to  go  to  me. 
"   If  it  is  to  go  to  me,  it  is  my  ox. 

Go  on,  ox. 


14  THE  CHILD  S  FIRST  BOOK. 

LESSONS  IN  THREE  LETTERS. 


liad 

cut 

did 

try 

log 

toe 

bad 

but 

bid 

cry 

bog 

doe 

gad 

liut 

hid 

fry 

•cog 

foe 

lad 

jut 

lid 

pi-y . 

dog 

hoe 

mad 

nut 

rid 

and  ' 

fog 

off 

sad 

• 

rut 

Tom 

axe 

.  ^i^g 

his 

Tom  had  an  axe.  And  as  he  did  try  to  cut  a  log,  he 
cut  off  his  toe.  Tie  ran  off  to  cry,  and  let  his  toe  lie 
on  the  losr. 


o 


Fan  box  bat  top  big 

ban  fox  fat  fop  dig 

man  old  hat  liop  lig 

pan  she  mat  lop  jig 

ran  the  pat  mop  pig 

tan  her  I'at  ])op  rig* 

van  lie  eat  sop  wig 


bed 

got 

lap 

fly 

paw 

fed 

cot 

cap 

ply 

caw 

led 

dot 

gap 

sly 

jaw 

red 

hot 

hap 

eye 

law 

wed 

jot 

wap 

ami 

maw 

was 

■     lot 

nap 

art 

raw 

out 

not 

sap 

ark 

saw 

t 


Fan  had  an  old  box.  It  sat  on  tlie  top  of  a  big  bed ; 
and  a  bat  got  in-to  it.  She  put  it  on  her  lap ;  and  as 
the  lid  was  up,  the  bat  got  out.  It  did  not  fly,  but  ran 
up  her  arm  as  a  rat ;  and  its  paw  put  out  her  eye. 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRvST  BOOK. 


15 


Mol 

pen 

let 

Ret 

i^y 

Dan 

den 

pet 

wet 

may 

off 

fen     . 

get 

-way 

pay 

X)ft 

lien- 

jet 

bay 

ray 

nor 

nien 

met 

clay 

say 

for 

ten 

net 

S^Y 

lay 

oak 

wen 

pet 

liay 

nay 

The  old  cat,  Mol,  got  a  rat  in  the  pig  pen.  As  she 
had  her  paw  on  it  by  the  pen,  the  big  dog,  Dan,  ran 
at  her.  She  had  to  let  the  rat  go,  and  get  up  on  the 
top 'of  the  pan,  out  of  the  reach  of  the  dog.  As  she 
did  so,  off  ran  the  rat,  and  hid  in  an  old  oak  log.     So 

noi 


old  Dan  did  not  get  the  cat ; 
rat. 


did  the  cat  get  the 


Anil 

lie 

yet 

leg 

kid 

•    kip 

all 

die 

let 

beg 

cup 

dip 

cat" 

pie 

met 

keg 

sup 

lip 

car 

tie 

pet 

peg 

own 

rip 

its 

vie 
hit 

set 

put 

one 
pun 

sip 

elk 

run 

bow 

elf 

let 

bun 

sun 

low 

elm 

met 

dun 

tun 

mow 

who 

pit 

fun 

eye 

row 

fit 

sit 

gun 

die 

sow 

bit 

wit 

mm 

man 

tow 

16 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


An  «lk  is  not  so  big  as  an  ox.  It  is  not  fit  for  a  pet. 
It  can  run  so  as  to  get  ont  of  the  way  of  a  dog;  but  it 
can  not  o^et  out  of  tlie  wav  of  a  2:un  or  a  bow. 

A  man  who  had  a  gun  hit  an  elk  in  the  eye ;  and  so 
it  did  die. 


see 

too 

bug 

mug 

bee 

coo' 

dug 

rug 

fee 

loo 

hug 

tug 

him 

woo 

.n^g 

slv 

I' 

dim 

a'ir 

lug 

ply 

rim 

end 

Wg 

try 

A  sly  fox  did  try  to  get  a  fat  old  hen  to  eat.  She 
did  not  see  him  as  he  got  in-to  the  lot;  for  a" fog  was 
in  the  air ;  and  she  had  her  eye,  too,  on  a  bug  in  the 
hay.  The  sly  fox  got  up  to  her,  and  had  his  pa^^  u]) 
to  put  on  her;  but  a  dog,  who  lay  in  his  bed  in  the 
end  of  the  lot,  saw  him,  and  ran  at  him.  And  so  the 
hen  got  off,  and  the  fox  had  to  run  to  get  out  of  the 
way  of  the  dog. 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK, 


17 


"%*Wk*,*^^'^ 


Ned 

now 

sow 

far 

(^d 

bow 

vow 

har 

can 

cow 

pop 

car 

man. 

lli)W 

cop 

mar 

Avliy 

mow 

was 

par 

use 

,     row 

war 

tar 

18 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


ISTed  had  a,  gun.  AVliy  he  got  it,  I  can  not  say.  But 
it  was  not  a  bad  one  ;  and  he  was  fit  to  use  it.  One 
day  he  saw  a  mad  dog  not  far  off,  and  put  hi;3  gun  to 
liis  eye.    Pop,  the  gun  did  go,  and  hit  the  dog.  ^Ile 


bit  no  one  now  ; 

for  he  did  die. 

Sam 

new 

Lou 

say 

cam 

dew 

you 

are 

dam 

few 

nse 

nut 

ham 

hew 

our 

pen 

jam 

jew 

ink 

hen 

mam 

mew 

irk 

old 

ram 

pew 

all 

see 

Sam  has  a  new  hat  and  a  new  box  to  put  it  in.  He 
can  pnt  it  on  if  he  go  out  in  the  sun  ;  but  he  has  no 
use  for  it  in  bed.  He  has  an  old  cap,  too  ;  but  it  is 
not  fit  for  him  in  the  hot  sun ;  nor  to  put  on  to  go  to 
see  Lou. 


fHE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


19 


o-*^-, 


My  pen  and  ink  are  so  bad  I  can  not  say  all  I  liad 
to  say  to  yon.  I  gpt  tlie  ink  out  of  a  red  nut ;  it  is. 
now  dry.  And  I  got  tlie  pen  out  of  our  old  ben.  But 
tbo'  my  pen  and  ink  are  bad,  you  can  see  all  I  do  say ; 
and  do  not  let  it  aU  be  of  no  use  to  you. 


Bol) 

rum 

boy 

sin 

God 

cob 

gum 

coy 

bin 

hod 

fob 

lium 

joy 

din 

nod 

jol) 

mum 

own 

fin 

pod 

mob 

sum     . 

ear 

g^^      . 

rod 

rob 

rye 

ill 

tin 

sod 

sob 

eye 

inn 

win 

act 

Bob  got  a  jug  of  rum  at  the  inn.  The  rum  was  of 
no  use  to  him.  But  he  got  rum,  or  may  be  it  was 
"  old  rye."  Day  by  day,  he  put  the  jug  to  liis  lips; 
and  did  not  use  cup  or  mug.  You  can  see  by  his  red 
eye  it  is  bad  for  him. 


20 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


One  day,  in  a  mad  fit,  the  r;^m  got  in-to  him';  he 
liit  his  own  boy,  and  cut  liis  lip  and  his  ear,  but  did 
not  put- out  his  eye.  Bub  was  ill,  too,  and  had  to  lie 
in  bed  as  if  to  die.  Yet  he  saw  he  was  not  fit  to  die  ; 
and  he  did  cry  to  God  ;  "  Oh!  God,  1  do  sin  day  by 
day.  I  am  far,  far  in  the  way  of  sin.  Woe  is  me  if 
I  die  as  I  am.  But,  oh !  my  God,  let  me  not  die  in 
sin." 

His  cry  did  go  up  to  God,  and  he  did  not  let  him 
die  in  sin.  Bob  got  out  of  bed  a  new  man.  He  did 
not  use  his  jug  now,  nor  go  to  the  inn  ;  but  he  did  act 
as  if  the  eye  of  God  was  on  him.* 


Hal 

yon 

bag 

jag 

Jim 

bon 

nag 

•      ^ag 

who 

con 

cag 

mag. 

tlio^ 

doii 

fag 

rag 

yes 

dry 

g^g 

tag 

yet 

sky 

hag 

wag 

age 

apt 

sin 

mud 

ace 

act 

mix 

l>ud 

ale 

aft 

fix 

cud 

ate 

ash    ■ 

pix 

won 

oat 

ask 

rix 

son 

oak- 

asp 

wee 

ton 

THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  B0<5k. 


HAL  AND  JIM. 

Hal  is  on  a  bay  nag.  Ilcr  dam  was  red  ;  but  she 
has  no  red  but  a  wee  bit  on  the  tij)  of  the  ear.  She  is 
fed  out  of  the  bin  or  the  oat  mow;  and  has  new  haj 
too,  and  rj^e,  if  it  can  be  got.  -She  has  a  dry  bed  to 
lie  on^  She  is  gay,  but  is  not  apt  to  run  off.  Her  age 
is  six. 

Hal  had  a  bet  to  run  his  nag ;  but  his  pa  had  bid 
him  not  to  run  nor  to  bet.  But  Hal  w^as  a  bad  boy, 
and  did  not  try  to  do  as  lie  was  bid.  So  one  day  he 
set  off  on  his  gay  nag.  As  he  was  to  be  off  all  day, 
he  put  a  bun  or  two  and  a  bit  of  ham  in  a  bag,  and 
got  cut  hay  and  vjq  for  his  nag.  His  aim  was  to  get 
to  the  boy  who  was  to  run  for  the  bet.  He  met  Jim, 
who  had  a  nag  too.    He  was  the  boy  for  Hal. 

IlaL — Ho,  Jim,  can  you  run  for  the  bet  to-day  ? 

Jim. — Yes,  Hal,  and  win  too. 

JIal. — I  bet  two  to  one  on  my  nag. 

J'hi. — 'If  you  bet  ten  .to  one,  my  nag  can  w^in. 

fT(fl. — Let  \is  run  to  yon  oak  we  see  far  on  in  the 
Avay. 

Ji?/i. — ^Ko,  Hal ;.  it  is  too  far ;  and  the  way  is  not 
all  dry.  Let  us  run  to  tlie  asii  w^e  see  mid-way.  The 
way  to  it  has  no  mud  ;  it  is  all  dry. 

//o:/.—'We  can  do  as  3^ou  say. 


22  THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 

Ual  won  the  bet ;  for  tie  got  to  tlie  asli,  as  Jiiii  wa§ 
a  rod  off.  And  now  Hal  had  joy  ;  but  Jim  was  sad  ; 
for  he  had  to  pay  the  bet. 

The  sun  wfls  ftir  np  in  the  sky;  and  Hal  got  out  the 
cut  hay  and  rye  for  liis  nag;  and  Jim  got  of  it  for  his.- 
He  got  out,  too,  all  he  had  in  his  bag  to  eat ;  and  he 
and  Jim  ate  it  all  up. 

put  tho'  Hal  had  joy  as  he  won  the  bet  of  Jim,  he 
was  sad  in  the  eve  :  his  fun  was  now  all  woe  ;  for  he 
did  as  his  pa  had  bid  him  not  to  do;  and  now  he  had 
to  go  to  him.  He  was  in  a  sad  fix ;  and  art  and  wit 
did  not  get  him  out.    The  rod  was  his  lot. 


THE  DOG   AND  THE  HEN. 

A  boy  had  an  old  hen, and  a  big  red  dog.  He  put 
a  box  in  a  pen  for  his  hen  ;  and  she  sat  in  it  to  lay  an 
egg.  But  the  big  red  dog  was  bad,  and  ran  in-to  the 
pen  and  bit  the  hen  and  ate  up  her  egg.  But  the  hen 
got  out  of  the  way  of  the  dog,  and  ran  off  out  of  her 
box  and  out  of  the  pen  in-to  the  lot.  A  bag  by  tlie 
pen  had  ice  in  it ;  and  she  did  go  on  the  ice  to  get  for 
oujfc  of  the  w^ay  of  the  dog.  As  she  did  so,  the  boy  sa\y 
the  dog  try  to  do  as  she  did ;  and  he  was  sad  to  see  it; 
for  he  has  bit  his  hen-,  and  his  aim  is  to  do  it  now  too, 
if  he  can  get  to  her.  But  as  he  did  try  to  go  on  the 
ice,  he  got  in-to  the  mud  up  to  his  eye.  He  put  his 
leg  on  a  log  in  the  bog  to  get  out  of  the  mud  ;  but  it 
w^as  as  if  it  had  oil  on  it.  As  the  boy  saw  it  he  had 
joy ;  for  tlie  old  hen  was  out  of  the  ^vay,  and  the  bad 
dog  was  yet  in  the  bog. 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK.  23 

A  MOENINa  PRAYER. 

Oh !  God,  who  art  my  God,  in  all  the  way  I  go,  be 
not  far  off.  May  I  see  no  ill  -nor  woe  to-day.  Aid  me 
to  do  as  I  am  bid ;  and  to  act  as  if  the  eye  of  God 
was  on  me  all  the  day.  And  let  me  do  to  all  as  all 
are  bid  to  do  to  me.  Try  me  not  by  thy  law  ;  for  day 
by  day  I  go  far  in  the  way  of  sin.  But  let  me  do  no 
sin  to-day.  Do  all  I  ask^  not  for  me,  but  for  thy  son. 
A-men. 


AN  EVExVING  PRAYER. 

Oh!  my  God,  God  of  the  sky,  and  air,  and  sea,  and 
of  all  men,  ope  thy  ear  to  my  cry ;  and  let  not  my  sin 
be  on  me ;  for  oft  did  I  sin  to-day.  May  I  put  off  the 
old  man  and  put  on  the  new  man.  May  I  pay  my 
vow  to  God,  and  do  all  his  law.  Cut  me  not  off  in 
sic  ;  but  if  I  die  ere  I  see.  the  day,  may  I  be  fit  to  die, 
and  go  to  God  in  joy.  May  thy  Son  ask  all  for  me. 
A-men. 


SAM  AND  HIS  DOG  RED  LEG. 

THE  LAP  DOG. 

Sam  was  a  big  boy,  and  he  had  a  pet  lap  dog.  He 
let  it  lie  in  his  bed  as  he  lay,  or  he  let  it  sit  in  his  lap 
as  he  sat.  He  fed  it  out  of  all  he  had  to  eat ;  and  it 
was  as  fat  as  a  fed  pig ;  yet  it  w^as  not  so  big  as  a  kid 
of  a  day  old  !     "Was  it  not  a  pet  ? 

It  had  a  red  tip  to  one  car,  and  it  had  one  red  leg ; 
so  now  you  see  why  it  was  dog  Hed  Leg.  If  Sam  bid 
it  put  up  the  red  paw  on  his  lap,  the  dog  did  as  it  was 


24  THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 

'  bid,  and  put  up  no  paw  but  the  red  one ;  or  if  he  did 
say  to  it,  "Go,  Ked  Leg,  and  get  nie  uiy  liat  oflf  the 
pin,"  Red  Leg  ran  for  the  hat,  and  got  it  off  the  pin 
for  Sam ;  and  got  him  no  liat  but  his  own. 

Now,  Eed  Leg  was  a  dog  of  wit,  as  you  may  se6 ;  - 
and  Sam  was  a  Lad  of  wit,  too  ;  and  he  had  got  a  giin^ 
fur  lie  was  old  and  big,  and  fit  to  use  one  ;  and  he  let 
no  one  get  at  it,  or  use  it,  but  men.  But  Bob  (a  boy 
*  who  saw  him  get  it)  was  sad,  for  he  had  no  gun.  He 
was  not  fit  to  get  one,  tho'  he  w^as  as  big  and  as  old  as 
Sam. 

Bob  was  son  to  an  old  man  who  lay  ill  in  a  cot  not 
far  off.  .The  old  man  had  no  son  but  him.  He  had 
had  a  son  who  was  not  so  old  as  Bob  ;  and  he  was  not* 
bad.  He  was  fit  to  .di€  ;.  so  God  had  let  him  go  up  to 
Him  in  joy;  and  now  the  old  man  had  no  son  but 
Bob  ;  and  he  was  a  bad,  bad  boy. 

Bob  had  no  dog,  nor  no  gun  ;  but  ho  had  a  pet  of 
his  own,  and  it  was  a  bad  one.  You  may  say  it  was 
fit  for  a  bad  boy  to  get  a  bad  pet.  He  Kad  set  a  gin 
one  day,  and  he  got  an  old  mag-pie  in  it;  and  tho'  the 
mag-pie  had  its  leg  cut  in  the  gin,  Bob  did  not  let  it 
go,  but  put  it  up  in  a  box,  and  had»it  for  his  pet. 


TEE  DOU  AND'  GUN. 

-  Kow  Sam  and  his  dog,  and  Bob  and  his  mag-pie, 
set  off" one  day,  to  sit  on  the  dry  ^od  in  the  sun. 

The  mag-jne  sat  by  Bob,  and  Bed  Leg  lay  on  the 
sod  by  Sam.  The  eye  of  the  dog  was  on  Sara ;  but 
his  lip  and  his  leg  lay  on  the  top  of  the  gun. 

Now,  Bob  was  in  joy  to  see  the  lip  of  the  dog  at  the 
top  of  the  gun.     "  It  may  go  oft'!  it  may  go  oft"! "  said 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOit. 


25 


the  bad  boj.  " "  The  gun  may  go  .off,  and  hit-Eed  Leg, 
and  vex  Sam.     But  my  pet  mag-pie  can  not  be  hit  by 


*-Ov 


the  gun ;  for  the  top  of  the  gun  is  to  Sam  and  to  his 
dog,  and  not  to  me  or  to  my  mag-pie." 

But  the  gun  was  not  in  the  way  to  go  off  as  it  lay. 
It  was  a  new  gun,  and  it  was  an  odd  one  too.  If  Sam. 
was  to  let  off  his  gun,  he  had  to  fit  a  tin  cap,  or  cup,  on 
a  peg  in  the  gun ;  and  the  ca^)  was  to  be  hit  on  the 
top,  to  set  the  gun  off. 

Now  Sam  had  put  a  cap  on  the  peg  of  his  gun  ;  and 
Bob  saw  how  he  did  it :  for  he  had  his  eye  on  the 
gun,  a;id  he  said,  "Oh!  if  it  may  but  go  off,  and  hit 
the  dog!  He.'is  a  bad  old  cur,  tho'  he  has  a  red  leg; 
and  he  bit  my  mag-pie  one  day.  So  do,  gun,  go  off, 
and  hit  him  if  you  can," 

But  the  gun  did  not  go  off,  tho'  Bob  bid  it."  So  he 
ran  and  got  a  log — a  big,  big  log,  (he  did  not  let  Sam 
see  him  get  it,)  and  he  let  the  log  hit  the  cap  of  the 
gun  on  the  top,  to  set  it  off;  and  the  gun  did  go  off: 
and,  how  can  I  say  to  you  all  the  ill  it  did? 
2 


26 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRSt  BOOK. 


It  did  not  liit  Ked  Leg ;  but  it  hit  tlie  pet  mag-pie.: 
and  Bob  saw  her  lie  on  the  60*d.  and  he  was  sad,  and 
did  sob  and  crv. 


A  BAD  SON. 

To  hit  the  mag-pic  was  not  all  the  ill  the  gmi  did. 
The  old  man  of  the  cot  w^as  not  far  off,  and,  sad  to  say, 
the  gnn  hit  him  ;  yes,  it  hit  him,  and  he  lay  on  the  sod, 
as  if  to  die  !  Bob  did  not  see  the  gnn  hit  the  old 
man ;  but  it  Ifiad  cut  him  on  the  leg  :  and  tho'  he  did 
not  cry  for  the  cut,  yet,  as  he  lay  on  the  sod,  he  dicl 
cry  to  see  one  who  was  his  own  son  so  bad  a  boy. 

Bob,  now^,  as  the  mag-pie  lay  on  the  sod,  saw  how 
far  a  gun  can  go;  and,  he  saw,  too,  how  bad  it  is  to 
set  one  off;  yet  he  was  not  so  sad  for  the  old  man,  as 
for  his  own  pet  mag-pie  :  and  he  said,  ''  Oh  !  why  did 
the  gun  go  so  far?  why  did  it  not  hit  the  old  cur  who 
had  his  lip  on  it,  and  who  bit  my  pet? — why  did 
it  not  hit  himV  So  he  did  cry  and  sob,  and  was 
sad. 

But  Sam  said  to  him,  "  Do  not  cry.  Bob :  the  mag- 
pie may  not  die.  It  can  fly  yet,  you  see  ;  and,  may 
be,  it  is  not  so  ill  as  to  die." 

Boh. — "  Oh !  yes,  sir,  my  mag-pie  is  ill ;  you  saw  it 
try  to  fly,  but  it  can  not  get  up.  You  may  see  it  now 
fix  its  eye  on  me,  as  if  to  ask  why  I  let  off  the  gun  at 
it?  No,  no,  my  mag-pie  can  not  fly,  nor  can  it  sit. 
It  can  but  lie  on  the  sod  and  die.  And  now  I  see  it 
die !  Oh  !  how  sad  I  am !  "  Aud  Bob  lay  on  the  sod 
by  his  pet ;  and  did  cry,  and  sob,  and  hit  the  sod,  as 
as  w^e  oft  see  a  bad  boy  do. 


tHE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK.  2? 


A  SAD  PA-PA. 


The  old  man  of  the  cot  saw  Bob  lie  on  the  sod  ;  and, 
ill  as  he  w^s,  he  got  up,  to  ask  if  he  was  hit  by  the 
gun :  but,  as  he  saw  his  son  was  not  hit  at  all,  he  said 
to  him,  •^' Oh  I  Bob,  you  are  a  bad  boy  :  I  saw  you  set 
off  the  gun  ;  and  you  see  how  it  has  hit  me,  and  cut 
my  leg  !  You  let  it  off  to  hit  Red  Leg,  and  did  try 
to  aim  it  at  him ;  but  it  did  not  go  oft'  so  as  to  hit  the 
dog ;  no,  it  hit  the  mag-pie  you  had  for  a  pet,  (as  was 
fit  for  it  to  do,)  and  you  saw  it  die. 
'  "  Now,  you  see  the  gun  has  hit  me  too,  and  I  may 
die,  as  the  mag-pie  did  ;  and,  if  I  do,  who  can  be  to 
you  as'I  am  ?  A  bad  boy  can  get  no  one  to  aid  him, 
and  how  can  you  get  on  if  I  am  not  by  you  ?  Oh !  my 
son,  my  son  !  bad  as  yon  are,  I  am  sad  for  you ! " 

Bob  got  up  oft'  the  sod,  and  did  fix  his  eye  on  the 
cut  his  pa-pa  had  got.  It  was  not  for  his  pet  mag-pie 
he  was  now  sad.  Ko  !  he  was  in  woe  to  see  his  ]3a-pa 
so  ill.  '• 

Sam  was  sad  to  see  the  old  man  ill,  and  sad  to  see 
Bob  in  woe ;  and  he  said,  "  Bob  is  in  woe,  sir,  to  see 
you  so  ill ;  and  he  is  sad,  too,  I  see,  for  his  own  sin; 
so  he  may  yet  get  oft'  his  bad  way,  and-  be  as  a  son  to 
you.  Do  not,  I  beg,  let  him  see  you  in  ire.  He  nay 
be  of  use  to  you  now  you  are  ill ;  and  he  can  not  be  so 
sad,  if  you  let  him  be  of  use  to  you." 

Bob. — "  Oh  !  do  not  ask  him  to  let  me  be  of  use  to 
him.  I  am  too  bad  a  boy.  I,  who  set  off  the  gun, 
and  hit  him,  can  not  be  as  his  son." 

Sam, — "  You  can  tr  7  to  be  of  use  to  him,  and  to  be 
as  a  son  to  him  now  he  is  ill;  can  you  not?" 

Bob  did  not  say  yes,  or  no ;  but  he  did  cry  as  he  saw 


28  THE  CHILD'S  FIRgT  BOOK. 

the  sad  cut  on  the  leg  of  his  own  pa-pa  ;  and  the  old 
man  said  to  him,  "  You  see.  Bob,  the  eye  of  God  is  on 
ns  all.  Sin  can  not  be  hid" :  for  God  can  see  all  who 
sin.  He  saw  you  hit  the  gun,  and  set  it  off,  as  yon  sat 
on  the  sod :  and  He  did  to  you  as  yon  did  try  to  do  to 
Sam.  You  did  try  to  vex  him,  and  God  saw  fit  to  vex 
yon.  But  God  did  it  to  let  yon  see  how  had  you  are, 
so  as  not  to  let  yon  go  on  in  sin." 
.  Bob. — "  Oh !  I  was  bad  !  "bad  to  Sam,  who  can  vex 
no  one  ;  but,  mi !  how  bad  I  am  to  yon  !  You  can  not 
now  let  me  be  as  a  son  to  you." 


THE  END. 

The  old  man,  and  Bob,  and  Sam,  gotin-to  the  cot; 
and  as  Bob  saw  his  pa-pa  so  ill,  and  the  cut  on  his  leg 
so  red,  he  ran  to  his  bed,  and  lay  on  it  in  woe,  and  did 
ask  God  not  to  let  his  pa-pa  die. 

"  Oh,  God  !  I  am  a-  bad,  bad  boy,"  said  he  ;  "a 
boy  of  sin  !  But  "I  am  sad  for  all  the  ill  I  did,  and 
now  I  ask  Thy  aid  to  get  me  ont  of  the  way  of  sin. 
Thy  Son  can  se.e  all  we  d6,  and  He  has  an  ear  to  all 
we  say ;  oh  !  let  all  I  now  do  be  fit  for  His  eye  ;  and 
let  all  I  sa}^  be  fit  for  His  ear.  And,  oh  !  do  not  let 
my  pa-pa  die  !  But  say  I  may  yet  be  a  son  to  him ; 
and  let  me  be  Thy  son  now  and  to  my  end. — Amen."* 

So  Bob  got  up,  and  ran  to  his  pa-pa  to  try  to  be  of 
use  to  him  ;  and  God  let  him  be  of  use,  and  let  him 
get  all  he  had  to  ask  for;  and  in  a  day  or  two,  the  old 
man  was  not  ill,  and  he  said  to  Bob', 

"  You  do  not  vex  me  now,  my  boy,  for  you  try,  I 
gee,  not  to  be  bad ;  and  you  see  how  God  can  aid 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


29 


U8  all  to  get  out  of  tlie  way  of  sin,  if  we  but  tiy  to 
do  so." 

Then  Bob  said,  to  Sam,  low  in  bis  ear,  "  Ob  !  Sam, 
I  am  in  joy  now  ;  pa-pa  said,  '  my  hoy.'^  Ob  !  I  see 
be  can  let  mc  be  bis  son  yet." 

"  Yes,"  said  tbe  old  man,  "  I  can  let  you  be  my  son. 
You  are  my  own  son  now.  May  God  let  you  be  His 
son  too." 


LESSONS  IN  FOUR  LETTERS. 


nice 

book 

bead 

dice 

cook 

read 

fice 

book 

lead 

lice 

look 

meed 

mice 

nook 

then 

rice 

rook 

when 

vice 

took 

glen 

keep 

must   • 

well 

deep 

bust 

beU 

peep 

dust 

cell 

weep 

gust 

dell 

good 

just 

fell 

hood 

lust 

sell 

here 

^  rust 

tell 

80 


THE  CniLDS  FIRST  BOOK. 


.     -  THE  GOOD  BOOK. 

Here  is  a  nice  book  for  Ann.  She  may  look  at  itj 
and  she  may  read  in  it ;  and  she  may  keep  it  for  her 
own.  But  then  she  must  be  good,  and  do  as  we  bid 
her,. and  try  to  do  well. 


beat 

says 

drum 

talk 

feat 

days^ 

crum 

balk 

heat 

jays 

grum 

walk 

meat 

lays 

love 

your 

neat 

pays 

dove 

four 

peat 

rays 

Lord 

pour 

seat 

ways 

with 

come 

gone 

have 

boys 

some 

land 

mine 

place 

need 

band 

dine 

face 

deed 

hand 

fine 

lace 

feed 

sand 

kine 

mace 

heed 

wish 

line 

pace 

i-eed 

di-sh 

nine 

race 

seed 

fish 

pine 

give 

weed 

said 

vine 

live 

earn 

THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


31 


made 

poor 

more 

tore 

bade 

-boor 

bore 

wore 

cade 

moor 

core 

part 

fade 

liiirt 

fore 

cart 

jade 

thou 

gore 

dart 

lade 

that 

lore 

hart 

rade 

high 

pore 

mart 

wade 

nigh 

sore 

tart 

take 

hope 

save 

will 

bake 

lope 

cave 

bill 

cake 

mope 

gave 

fill 

lake 

pope 

lave 

gill 

make 

rope 

pave 

hill 

rake 

home 

rave 

kill 

sake 

dome 

wave 

mill 

wake 

soul 

help 

pill 

rill 

^  both 

pray 

hear 

Bill          « 

doth 

fray 

in-to 

till 

loth 

gi-ay 

ar-my 

glad 

bray 

tray 

o-ver 

crdd 

dray 

wray 

la-dy 

THE  DRUMMER  BOY. 

I  met  a  hoy  one  day,  who  had  gone  in-to  the  army 
to  beat  the  drum,  and  who  says  he  has  love  for  his 
Lord.  As  I  love  to  talk  with  the  boys  in  the  ar-my,  I 
said  to  him : 

"  Did  your  ma  wisli  you  to  come  in-to  the  ar-my  ?" 
"Yes,  sir;  she  said,  'sons  all  o-ver  the  land  have 
gone  to  the  war,  and  I  must  and  do  give  mine,'  " 


32 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


*'May  be  she  had  need  of  the  pay  you  can  earn, 
and  that  made  her  give  you  up." 

The  poor  boy  was  hurt  and  said:  "  It  was  not  the 
pay,  sir  ;  it  was  more  than  that ;  it  was  not  the  pay  at 
all;  for  she  said  to  me,  'You  can  do  your  part,  my 
boy,  for  the  land.  For  if  you  will  beat  the  drum,  you 
will  take  the  place  of  a  man.'  I  am  here  for  our  land, 
sir — to  help  to  save  my  home." 

"  You  are  a  fine  boy,"  said  I,  "and  your  ma  a  la-dy 
of  high  soul:  I  hope  God  will  save  her  to  you  and 
you  to  her,  and  give  us  a  land  fit  for  you  to  be  your 
glad  home." 

"If  you  did  but  hear  my  ma  pray,"  said  he,  "you 
must  see  that  we  have  both  a  God  and  a  land." 


loaf 

•     rags 

shoes 

feet 

pale 

thin 

said 

look 

poor 

here 

want 

more 

than 

made- 

took 

soon 

kind 

this 

good 

will 

give 

coat 

sure 

them 

have 

wear 

cold 

rt\ik 

must  * 

'  hiirt- 

j)ast 

wish 

make 

glad 

with 

nice 

pair 

weak 

such 

help 

THE  KIND  MAN. 

I  saw  a  man  buy  a  loaf,  and  he  met  a  boy  all  in 
rags ;  the  boy  had  no  cap  or  hat  on,  no  shoes  at  all  on 
his  feet,  and  he  was  pale  and  thin.  The  man  said  to 
the  boy,  "  You  look  ill,  my  poor  lad ;  here  is  my  loaf 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


83 


for  you ;  you  look  as  if  you  want  it  more  than  I  do. 
The  boy  mado^a  bow,  took  the  loaf,  a;id  soon  ate  it  up. 
This  man  was  kind  and  good,  was  he  not  ?  If  you  see 
that  boy,  will  you  give  him  an  old  coat  and  a  cap  ?  I 
am  sure  he  wants  them  ;  and  you  have  a  coat  that  you 
do  not  wear  now. 

How  the  cold  and  the  rock  must  hurt  his  feet !  Will 
you  let  him  go  by  and  not  wish  to  make  him  glad  with 
a  new  pair  of  shoes  ?  He  is  poor  and  weak,  and  you 
are  not  so.  Give  to  such  and  help  them,  and  God  will 
not  let  you  want. 


aunt 

gave 

when 

hftar 

came 

book 

hand 

know 

eTohn 

kiss 

-come 

dare 

read 

dear. 

next 

fall 

well 

Jane 

y«ar 

tale3 

have 

lend 

hope 

sure 

shall 

take 

find 

care 

that  * 

*  tear 

much 

soil 

fond 

none 

dunce 

wish 

THE.  KIND  AUNT. 

My  aimt  came  to  see  me  to-day,  and  she  gave  me 
this  new  book.  Look,  Ann;  look,  John,  what  a  nice| 
book.  I  will  trv  to  read  well ;  for  my  aunt,  when  she 
gave  it  to  me,  took  me  by  the  hand  and  gave  me  a  | 
kiss,  and  said,  ''  Kow,  my  dear  Jane,  I  give  you  tnisi 
book,  as  I  hear  you  wish  to  know  how  to  read  ;  and 
wlien  1  come  to  see  you  next  year,  I  hope  I  shall  hnd| 
that  you  read  well."  I  will  try  to  read  well,  as  I  wisli, 
so  much  my  dear  aunt  may  be  as  fond  of  me  as  I  ami 

9> 


34  THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 

of  her,  and  she  can  not  be  fond. of  me  if  I  am  not  good. 
When  I  have  read  mj.book,  Ann,  I  will  lend  it  to  you; 
for  I  dare  say.it  is  full  of  nice  tales,  t^d  I  am  sure  you 
will  take  care  of  it,  and  not  tear  it  or  soil  it.  John 
says  none  but  a  dunce  will  tear  or  soil  a  book.     How 


glad  I  am  to  hav^ 


a  kind  aunt  and  a  new  book. 


quite 

dark 

dusk 

bird 

ftist 

flies. 

time 

they 

hide 

holes 

wall 

tree 

then 

their 

food 

owls 

hour 

moths 

bees 

buzz 

does 

sin-g 

cage 

head 

wing 

tell 

what 

star 

moon 

just 

like 

four 

five 

count 

pray 

late 

^c^-^<X''^-',^ 


THE  DUSK  HOUR. 

The-  sun  is  set.  but  it  is  not  quite  dark  yet;  it  is' 
dusk.    I  see  a  bird ;  how  fast  it  flies  past  me  !    That  is 
not  a  bird,  it  is  a  bat.     Bats  do  not  fly  in  the  day  time; 
they  hide  in  holes  in  a  wall,  .or  a  tree,  till  it  is  dusk, 
and  then  they  fly  out,  and  find  their  food. 

Owls  fly  out  at  the  dusk -hour,  and  so  do  moths. 


ic 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


85 


I  do  not  liear  the  hum  of  the  bees  nor  the  buzz  of  the 
flies  now ;  my  bird  does  not  sing ;  he  sits  in  his  cage, 
and  hides  his  head  in  his  wing. 

Look  up  at  the  sky  and  tqjl  me  what  you  see.  I  see 
a  star,  and  1  see  the  moon,  just  a  part  of  it ;  -it  looks 
like  a  bow.  Now  I  see  two  stars ;  oh !  more  than 
two ;  four,  five,  six,  more  than  I.  can  count. 

Pray  put  me  to  bed,  now';  I  do  not  wish  to  sit  up 
late  ;  it  is  not  2;ood  for  me. 


THE  COT  BY  THE  SEA-SIDE. 

[la  words  of  four  letters.     A  few  words  of  five  and  six  letters  are 
intentionally  introduced] 


HOME. 


IsTed  was  the  son  of  a  man  who  used  to  live  by  the 
sea  side.     His  pa,  with  Ned  and  Ma-ry,  had  a  nice 


86  THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 

home  in  a  cot  on  a  hill,  so  that  they  were  a-ble  to  look 
far  out  up-on  the  sea.  In  the  yard,  to  the  left  of  the 
door,  was  a  fine  old  oak.  In  the  back  yard,  near  the 
walk,  was  a  wide  elm.  •  They  nsed  to  sit  by  this  elm 
in  the  cool  of  tlie  day,  or  e-ven  at  mid-day ;  for  the  tree 
kept  them  from  the  heat  of  the  sun.  Here  they  had  a 
view  of  a  fine,  wide  vale,  that  lay  to  the  west  of  the 
cot ;  or  they  sat  by  the  oak  to  feel  the  cool  wind,  and 
look  out  np-on  the  sea,  that  came  up  to  the  foot  of  the 
hill  on  the  east. 

As  they  sang  or  read  by  the  elm,  Ned  nsed  to  sit 
and  play  with  Ma-ry,  who  was  not  so  old  as  he  was  by 
a  year  or  two,  or  go  oif  and  feed  his  pig,  or  run  with 
his  cat  and  dog  up  and  down  the  3^ard,  and  now  and 
then  stop  to  hear  his  pa  and  ma  sing  ;  for  he  was  fond 
of  this,  and  he  soon  knew  how  to  sing  a  song  or  two 
him-self. 

When  they  sat  by  the  oak  to  talk  of  days  gone  by, 
as  oft  they  did,  and  try  to  look  in-to  time  to  come, 
Ked  used  to  look  out  on  the  deep,  blue  sea,  and  find 
much  to  -Rx  his  eye.  Kow,  he  saw  a  bird  that  sat  up-on 
the  cliff,  dart  down  and  skim  o-verthe  sea,  and  then 
rise  high  in  the  air,  and  com^  back  to  the  same  spot. 
ISTow,  he  saw  a  ship  pass  by,  in-to  the  bay  or  out  of  it. 
If  the  wind  blew  hard,  he  saw  wave  run  up-on  wave, 
and  dash  up-on  the  cliff  at  the  foot  of  the  hill,  or  leap 
over  a  high  rock  that  rose  out  of  the  4Bea  far  off  from 
the  land.  If  it' was  morn,  he  saw  the  sun  rise  out  of 
the  sea  and  jjass  up  in-to  the  blue  sky. 

This  was  a  dear  spot  to  Ned  ;  for  he  had  so  oft  sat 
here  and  seen  all  this,  with  his  pa  and  ma  and  Ma-ry. 
]But  more  dear  still  was  the  fire  side  in  the  cot. 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK.  37 


THE  STORM. 

Ned's  pa  was  wont  to  stay  mucli  out  at  sea.  And 
.when  Ned  had  come  to  the  age  of  six,  and  Ma-ry  was 
near  four,  he  went  out  in  a  ship  to  be  gone  from  home 
a  long  ^me.  But  the  day  at  last  came  when  he  had 
told  them  to  look  for  him  home. 

They  all  sat  by  the  old  oak,  and  kept  a  look-out,  to 
see  the  ship  he  was  to  come  in  pass  in-to  the  bay.  Now 
a  big  ship  was  seen  in  full  sail,  but  soon  it  was  gone  ; 
for  the  wind  blew  hard,  and  it  kept  on  its  way.  Then 
came  one  in  the  face  of  the  wind,  and  cut  each  wave 
as  it  met  it.  It  had  no  sail ;  but  its  big,  dark  pipe 
told  that  it  went  by  steam,  and  not  by  the  wind.  And 
not  far  oif,  a  row  boat  with  one  sail,  that  they  had  to 
furl,  ran  in-to  the  bay  to  keep  safe  un-til  the  wind  was 
calm. 

The  w^ind  blew  more  and  more,  and  at  a  late  hour 
of  the  day  they  saw  a  ship  run  up-on  the  high  rock  far 
out  in  the  sea,  and  a  huge  wave  dash  o-ver  it.  It  went 
down,' and  was  lostj  with  the  crew  and  all  on  it ;  for 
there  was  no  time  nor  way  to  save  any  one. 

They  did  nt>t  know  what  ship  it  was,  nor  who  Was 


38 


THE  CHILD'S  FIR^T  BOOK. 


on  it ;  but  they  went  to  bed  sad,  for  Ned's  pa  had  not 
come  home,  and  what  if  he  were  in  that  ship  ! 

Next  m(^'n  came  the  sad  ne-ws.  The  fear  was  true  ; 
he  was  in  that  ship,  and  went  down  with  its  crew.  He 
came  no  more  to  his  neat  cot  and  the  dear  ones  in  it. 
He  went  to  be  at  rest  with  his  God. 


^^ 


AT  SCHOOL. 

It  was  now  a  sad  time  at  Ned's  home.  He  and  his 
ma  and  Ma-ry  were  all.  One  seat  by  the  fire  had  no 
one  it.  At  morn  and  eve  they  had  no  one  to  sing  and 
pray  with  them.  They  were  sad,  too,  when  they  sat 
down  to  eat ;  for  they  did  not  now  e-ven  look  for  him 
to  come  back  and  take  his  seat  with  them. 

Ned's  ma  now  made  him  learn  to  read  in  a  book 
his  pa  gave  him  as  he  last  went  a-way.  And  Ma-ry, 
too,  now  and  then,,  came  to  look  at  the  pig  and  dog, 
and  the  hen  and  bird,  and  the  boy  and  girl,  that  were 
in  the  book  \  bnt  she  did  not  tear  it.  When  Ned  was 
a-ble  tb  read  well  in  this  book,  his  ma  ee'nt  him  iJo  a 


•  THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK.  39 

t 
.   inan  who  had  ma-iiy  boys  with  him.     She  gave  him  a 

new  book,  and  a  pen,  and  a  slate. 

^ed  was  a  good  boy  here  ;  and  when  he  went  home 
at  eve  his  ma  was  glad  to  see  him  ;  and  Ma-ry  came 
out  to  meet  him.  in  a  ^qq  ;  for  she  had  no  one  to  play 
with  her  when  he  was  from  home. 

When  it  was  warm,  they  lay  on  the  turf  by  the  old 

oak ;  and  ISTed  made  a  dog  or  cat  for  Ma-ry  on  his 

slate.    He  had  now  al-so  a  new  book  with  a  map  in  it ; 

and  he  told  Mary  thg^  the  part  in-side  the  red  lijie 

"^  was  land,  but  that  out-side  was  the  sea.     And  they 

saw  an  isle  out  in  the  sea,  to  which  pa  had  gone  when 

he  left  home  the  last  time.     It  had  the  ve-ry  name  he 

used  to  tell  them  at  home  :  Ned  read  it  on  the  map, 

,  ''  Cu-ba,"    This  did  not  pass  out  of  his  mind.    But  he 

^  oft  told  his  ma  of  it,  or  got  his  map  to  show  it  to  Ma-ry. 


GONE  TO  SEA. 

N'ed  had  kept  in  mind  much  of  what  his  jm  had  told 
him  of  what  he  saw  o-ver  the  sea.  He  had,  too,  all  his 
life  seen  ships,  and  men  who  had  been  to  sea.  And 
when  he  was  six  and  ten  years  old,  he  had  a  mind  to 
go  to  sea  him-self.  But  his  ma  did  not  wish  him  to 
go  ;  fdr  the  loss  of  his  pa  was  yet  in  her  mind,  and  it 


40  THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 

would  be  sad  to  have  her  son  meet  the  same  fate.    But  ■ 
Ned,  tho'  he  was  a  good  boj,  and,  for  the  most  part,  " 
did  as  his  ma  told  him,  yet  had  a  will  of  his  own.    And 
this  time,  he  was  not  kept  back.     He  said  he  mnst  see 
Cu-ba,  and  then  go  al-so  to  some  land  over  the  sea. 

He  soon  got  a  pl/ice  in  a  fine,  big  ship  ;  and  then 
told  his  ma  and  Ma-ry  good-bye,  and  set  sail.  He 
saw  much  that  was  new  to  him  on  the  trip ;  but  it  did 
not  make  him  glad  ;  for  he  was  all  the  time  kept  sad 
by  the  fact  that  his  ma  did  *not  wish  him  to  go  from  - 
home.  Morn  and  eve  this  was  in  his  mind  ;  and  he 
lay  np-on  his  bed  till  a  late  hour  ere  he  shut  his  eyes. 

But  Ned  was  not  a-ble  now  to  turn  back,  as  the  ship 
kept  on  its  way.  And  soon  Cu-ba  was  seen  far  off  to 
the  east.  Ned  now  got  high  up  on  a  rope  by  the  mast 
to  see  what  was  to  be  seen.  But  he  did  not  run  up 
and  down  the  rope  with  ease  like  the  old  tars.  It  was 
new  to  hhn ;  and,  just  as  the  ship  went  by  a  point  of 
land,  not  far  from  the  place  to" stop,  his  foot  gave  way, 
and  he  fell  in-to  the  deep.  A  boat  was  let  down  to 
save  him  ;  but  Ned  was  a-ble  so  swim ;  and,  as  the  land 
was  hot  far  off,  he  did  not  wait  for  the  boat,  but  swam 
to  the  land  and  was  safe.  '^ 

But  the  e-vil  of  his  case  did  not  end  here  ;  for  no 
one  was  with  him,  and  he  knew  not  how  to  go,  nor  for 
whom  to. ask.  At  last  he  found  his  way  to  a  large 
city.  But  here  he  was  more  lost  than  in  the  wood 
where  first  he  came  to  land  ;  for,  tho'  he  met  men  each 
step  he  took,  he  knew  no  one.  He  did  not  find  e-vcn 
one  of  the  crew^  of  his  ow^n  ship.  At  last  he  w^ent  to 
a  room  in  an  inn  by  him-self.  Here  he  lay  down  up-on 
his  bed,  and  had  not  a  6oul  to  talk  to  of  all  the  woa 
he  felt. 


THE  CHILI>'S  FIRST  BOOK.  '  41 


THE  RETURN. 


As  thus  he  lay,  he  felt  how  sad  it  was  to  be  where 
he  knew  no  one ;  and  it  was  more  sad  to  have  come 
when  his  ma  did  not  wish  him  to  -do  so.  Oh,  that  he 
were  a-ble  to  tell  her  all  he  felt !  But  she  was  far  a-way 
o-ver  the  wide  sea.  Then  it  came  into  his  mind  that 
One  was  near,  to  whom  we  may  tell  all  our  woe.  And 
he  did  try  to  look  to  God,  and  tell  Him  all  the  woe 
and  sin  he  felt.  And  he  told  not  on-ly  the  sin  he  had 
done  when  he  came  from  home  and  left  his  ma,  but 
al-so  the  sins  of  all  his  life.     He  kept  back  none. 

ISTed's  ma  had  oft  told  him  not  to  sin,  and  when  he 
did  sin,  to  go  to  God  and  seek  his  ^ner-cy.  And  he 
knew  well  that  it  was  sin  to  do  what  God  bade  him  not 
to  do,  or  not  to  do  what  God,  in  his  word,  bade  him 
do  ;  and  he  knew  that  oft  he  had  done  sin ;  but  not  till 
he  lay  up-on  his  bed  in  that  lone. room,  and  his  mind 
ran  back  over  the  past,  did  he  feel  the  e-vil  of  sin. 
And  here  he  went  to  God,  aud  thus  did  he  pray  : 

"  Oh-^  my  God,  I  am  full  of  sin,  and  not  fit  to  lift  my 
eye  to  Thee ;  yet  have  mer-cy  up-on  me ;  show  me  Thy 
love,  and  take  a-way  my  sins  ;  blot  them  all  from  Thy 
book,  and  make  me  a  new  man,  for  the  sake  of  Thy 
Son,  who  has  died  to  save  us  from  our  sins.'* 

His  mind  was  now  at  rest ;  for  he  gave  his  heart  to 
God,  and  found  mer.-cy  in  Christ.  He  soon  af-ter  came 
back  to  his  home  in  the  neat  cot  by  the  sea  side,  to 
make  glad  the  heart  of  his  ma,  by  a  new  life  of  love 
to  God. 


42 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


LESSONS  IN  WORDS  OF  FIVE  AND  SIX  LETTERS 


brave 

these 

think 

nght 

fine 

come 

Will 

Hale 

going 

have 

road 

with 

great 

ba-by 

shame 

first 

long 

wait 

brow 

cheek 

told 

word 

bade 

strong 

prove 

them 

till        ^ 

noble 

would 

from 

house 

leave 

should 

.     fact 

where 

which 

AYHO  IS  THE  BRAVE  BOY? 

Hear  these  boys  and  tell  me  which  you  think  was 
right  and  brave  : 

"  Oh,  yes,  that  is  fine !  So  we  will !  Come  on 
now  !  There  is  Will  Hale  !  Come  on  Will ;  we  are 
going  to  have  a  ride  on  the  road.    Come  with  us  ! 

"Yes,  if  my  ma  will  let  me.  ,  I  will  run  and  ask 
her,"  said  Will. 

"  Oh,  oh  !  so  you  must  run  and  ask  your  ma!  Great 
ba-by,  run  fast  and  and  ask  your  ma  if  you  may  go  1 
Have, you" no  shame  !  I  did  not  ask  my  ma."  "  Nor 
I,"  "  nor  I,"  said  all  the  rest. 

*'  Be  a  man.  Will,"  said  the  first  boy.  "  Come  with 
us  if  you  do  not  want  to  seem  base,  as  long  you  as  you 
live."  "  Do  you  not  see  all  of  us  wait  for  yoq  ?"  His 
brow,  eye,  lips,  cheek,  all  told  how  that  word  base 
stung  his  heart. 

Will  he  prove  that  he  is  base  by  go-ing  with  them  ? 
No. 

"  I  will  not  go  till  I  ask  my  ma  ! "  ^aid  the  nobly 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


43 


boy.  "  And  I  am  not  base.  I  told  her  I  would  not 
go  from  the  house  till  she  gave  me  leave ;  and  I  should 
be  base  in  fact  if  I  were  to  tell  her  a  lie  ! " 

Was  not  Will  Hale  brave  as  well  as  good  ?     Did 
he  not  do  right  ? 


deed 

ev-er 

were 

life 

seem 

bright 

sweet 

there 

thing 

earth 

worth 

liv-ing 

your 

pil-low 

vest 

call 

mind 

maid 

fall 

pass 

need 

lit-tle 

can-die 

throws 

beams 

shines 

world 

true 

gives 

warmth 

makes 

heart 

which 

done 

fail 

who 

''a  good  deed. 

Did  you  ev-cr  do  a  good  deed?  .Were  you  not  glad 
of  it,  and  did  not  life  seem  more  bright  and  sweet  for 
it  ?  You  felt  as  if  there  was  one  thing  on  earth  worth 
liv-ing  for.  When  you  put  your  head  on  your  pil-low 
to  rest,  was  it  not  sweet  to  call  to  mind  the  joy  you 
had  made  ?  Then,  will  you  ev-er  fail  to  do  a  good 
deed  when  you  can  ?  Will  you  pass  by  a  poor  bo}^ 
and  not  ask  if  he  be,  in  need,  that  you  may  help  him  ? 

How  far  that  lit-tle  can-die  throws  its  beams  !  So 
shines  a  good*  deed  in  a  bad  world.  Is  it  not  true  ? 
A  good  deed  shines  and  gives  warmth,  too.  It. makes 
glad  more  than  one  heart — the  heart  which  does  it,  as 
well  as  the  heart  un-to  which  it  is  done.  Who  can  fail 
to  do  good  and  be  kind  ? 


44 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


leaves 

once 

taught     . 

truth 

some 

nails 

board 

each 

wrong 

were 

pull 

go-ing 

last 

holes 

Gough 

strong 

learn 

for-get 

long 

pang 

truth 

haste 

speech 

would 

could 

friend 

known 

tear 

scenes. 

be-fore 

a-way 

thought 

dwelt 

grace 

thro' 

cause 

.^rief 

pangs      ■ 

'     some 

dwelt 

SIN  LEAVES  ITS  MARK. 

An  old  man  once  taught  his  son  a  sad  truth  in  this 
way :  "  He  gave  him  some  nails  and  a  board—the  nails 
to  be  put  in-to  the  board,  one  by  one,  each  time  the 
boy  did  *wrong.  "When  they  were  all  put  in,  he  told 
his  son  to  pull  out  a  nail  each  time  he  was  go-ing  to 
do  wrong  but  did  not.  It  took  much  more  time  to  get 
the  nails  out  than  in.  But  at  last  the  son  let. him  see 
that  the  board  had  no  nail  in  it.  The  old  man  was 
sad,  and  said,  "  But  the  holes  are  there." 

Mr.  Gough  says  the  marks  of  sin  are  as  strong. 

"  What  you  learn  from  bad  ways,  and  from  the  bad, 
you  will  not  for-get,  and  it  will  be  a  long,  long  pang 
to  you.  I  tell  you,  in  all  truth,  hot  as  in  the  haste  of 
a  speech,  but  as  I  would  say  and  have  said  to  my  God, 
I  would  give  my  right  hand  this  night  if  I  could  for- 
get that  which  I  h'ave  known  from  e-vil  men  ;  if  I  could 
tear  from  my  mind  the  sceftes  in  which  I  have  been, 
the  acts  which  have  been  done  be-fore  me.  You  can- 
not, I  think,  take  a-way  the  dark  mark  of  one  e-vil 
thought  that  has  come  aud  dwelt  in  your  heart. 


THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 


45 


You  may  pray  for  it,  and,  by  the  grace  of  God,  you 
may  put  it  out,  but  it  will,  tliro'  life,  cause  you  grief 
and  pangs. 


wise 

ages 

a-go 

ev-er 

child 

know 

deeds 

work 

pure 

some 

mark 

stamp 

signs 

haste 

spend . 

each 

cent 

soon 

save 

much   . 

hide 

mean 

keep 

him-self 

share 

things 

self-ish 

name 

rain 

hard 

taste 

strong 

drink 

loye 

grows 

church 

Sun-day 

ho-ly 

e-ven 

pa-pa 

mam-ma 

bless 

days 

land 

fond 

Bi-ble 

learn 

hap-py 

tho' 

great 

changes 

place 

rule 

soul 

.  fail 

heart 

THE  BOY  MAKES  THE  MAN. 

The  wise  man  said  long  a-ges  ago,  "  E-ven  a  child 
is  known  by  his  deeds,  if  his  work  he  pure  or  not,  and 
if  it-be  right  or  not." 

Some  men  seem  to  think  that  a  child  has  no  mark 
or  stamp  of  the  man  at  all.  Yet,  we  can  see  in  the 
young  the  signs  of  what  they  are  apt  to  be  for  life. 
When  we  see  a  boy  in  haste  to  spend  each  cent  as  soon 
as  he  gets  it,  we  think  it  a  sign  that  he  will  not  save 
much  as  a  man.  When  we  see  a  boy  lay  up  and  hide 
his  cents,  and  will  not  parfrwith  them  for  a  good  end, 
we  think  it  a  sign  that  he  will  be  a  mean  man,  and 
keep  all  he  can  get.' 

When  we  see  a  boy  who  all  the  time  looks  out  for 


46  THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 

him-self,  and  will  not  share  his  good  things  with  the 
boys  who  play  with  him,  we  think  it  a  sign  that  he 
will  grow  np  a  self-ish  man. 

When  we  see  a  boy  get  mad  day  by  day  and  take 
the  name  of  God  in  vain,  we  think  it  a  sign  that  he 
will  make  a  hard  and  bad  man. 

When  we  se3  a  boy  like  to  taste  strong  drink,  we 
think  it  a  sign  that  he  will  love  it  too  well  and  drink 
too  much  when  he  grows  to  be  a  man, 

When  we  see  a  boy  who  hates  to  go  to  church,  and 
does  not  keep  Sun-day  ho^ly,  we  think  it  a  sign  that  he 
will  be  an  e-vil  man. 

When  we  see  a  child  love  and  mind  his  pa-pa  and 
ma-ma,  we  think  it  a  sign  that  God  will  bless  him,  and 
that  his  days  may  be  long  in  his  land. 

When  we  see  a  boy  fond. of  the  Bi-ble,  who  loves  to 
read  and  learn  it,  we  think  it  a  sign  that  he  will  be  a 
good  and  hap-py  man.     And  tho'  great  changes  may 
take  place  in  heart  and  mind  and  soul,  yet,  as  a  rule 
these  signs  do  not  fail. 


play-ing 

trap 

ball 

'  grow 

soul 

^rew 

young 

trade 

rich 

girls    . 

care 

bet-ter 

a-ble 

gray 

still 

leave 

death 

should 

what' 

read 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME. 

"  Not  "yet,"  said  a  lit-tle  boy,  as  he  was  play-ing  with 
his  top  and  ball ;  "  when  l^grow  old  I  will  think  of 
my  soul;" 

The  lit-tle  boy  grew  to  be  a  young  man. 

"  JS'ot  yet,"  said  the  young  man  j  "I  am  now  to  go 


fHE  CHILE'S  FIRST  BOOK.  47 

in-to  trade ;  when  I  am  rich,  then  I  will  think  of  my 
soul." 

He  grew  rich, 

'•  IS'ot  yet,'-  said  the  rich  man  ;  '\my  boys  and  girls 
must  have  my  care  ;  when  they  are  well  in  life,  I  shall 
be  bet-ter  able  to  think  of  my  soul." 

He  grew  to  be  an  old  man,  and  his  head  was  grey. 

"  Kot  yet,"  still  he  said  ;  I  shall  soon  leave  off  trade, 
and  then  I  shall  have  all  my  time  to  read  and  to  pray." 

And  soon  Death  came  for  him,  he  put  off  from  time 
to  time  what  should  have  been  done  when  he  was  a 
child.  In  life  he  had  no  God,  and  in  de^th  (he  had  no 
hope. 

EVENING  PRAYER. 

Now  I  lay  me  down  to  sleep, 
I  pray  the  Lord  my  soul  to  keep  ; 
If  I  should  die  before  I  wake, 
I  pray  the  Lord  my  soul  to  take  ; 
And  this  I  ask  for  Jesus'  sake. 


MORNING  PRAYER. 

The  morning  bright. 

With  rosy  light. 
Hath  waked  me  up  from  sleep 

Father  I  own, 

Thy  love  alone, 
Thyiittle  one  doth  keep. 

All  through  the  day, 

I  humbly  pray, 
)Be  thou  my  God  and  guide  ; 

My  sins  forgive. 

And  let  me  live, 
Blest  Jesus,  near  thy  side. 


48  THE  CHILD'S  FIRST  BOOK. 

THE  LORD'S  PRAYER. 

Our  Father  which  art  in  Heaven,  hallowed  be  thy 
name.  Thy  kingdom  come.  "Thy  will  be  done  in 
earth,  as  it  is  in  Heaven.  Give  us  this  day  our  daily 
bread.  And  forgive  us  our  sins,  as  we  forgive  those 
who  sin  against  us.  And  lead  us  not  into  temptgrtion, 
but  deliver  us  from  evil,  for  thine  is  the  kingdom,  and 
the  power,  *and  the  glory,  forever.     Amen. 


USE.  ME! 

Hake  use  of  me,  my  God ! 

Let  me  not  be  forgot, 
A  broken  vessel  cast  aside, 
One  whom  thou  needest  not. 

I  am  Thy  creature,  Lord, 
And  made  by  hands  Divine, 

And  I  am  part,  however  mean. 
Of  this  great  world  of  Thine. 

Thou  usest  all  Thy  works. 
The  weakest  things  that  be  ; 

Each  has  a  service  of  its  own. 
For  all  things  wait,  on  Thee. 

Thou  usest  the  high  stars. 
The  tiny  drops  of  dew, 

The  giant  peak,  and  little  hill ; 
And  why  not  use  ine  too  ? 

All  things  do  serve  Thee  here. 
All  creatures,  great  and  small ; 

Make  use  of  me,  my  God, 
The  weakest  of  them  all ! 


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